The Desks of Vanity Fair

From artistic floral arrangements to signed prints by Annie Leibovitz, to boxes upon boxes of perfume and cologne, the desks of *Vanity Fair’*s editors and producers are often works of art in themselves. In honor of our regular “My Desk” feature, VF.com takes a tour of the classy clutter that surrounds the makers of a magazine.

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Kathryn MacLeod

Senior Photography Producer
Framed photos of MacLeod’s many years of work with Annie Leibovitz surround her desk area, including a behind-the-scenes snap from a shoot of Kathy Bates for the 2003 Hollywood Issue. The purple bracelets dangling around the bottle of champagne are Rockstar Ronan bracelets, also a favorite accessory of V.F. cover girl Taylor Swift, whose song “Ronan” was inspired by the blog of Macleod’s friend Maya Thompson.

Wayne Lawson

Executive Literary Editor
High atop the bound copies of past issues, Lawson hides an asme award for general excellence. To the right, a Massoud clock given to him by a friend of one of his writers’, Marie Brenner.

Susan White

Jessica Diehl

Fashion and Style Director
The flowers are from various admirers, including some roses from her assistant to welcome her back from Paris Fashion Week. The color print on the wall is a David LaChapelle photograph of Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow.

Punch Hutton

Deputy Editor
A collection of Punch’s favorite photos graces her corkboard. In the top left, Hunter Thompson in Big Sur, which she loves “because he looks so free.” Fanfair, the section of the magazine Hutton edits, is represented by her favorite opening spread, a photo of Marcello Mastroianni taken during the Cannes Film Festival in 1974.

John Banta

Research Director
Banta, once the research editor at This Old House magazine, keeps a collection of vintage tools at his desk—one of which (the steel piece with the curved handle), the photographer was quick to point out, would make a great submission to the magazine’s “What is it?” feature.

David Friend

Editor of Creative Development
“My office—in disarray because of my current work on *Vanity Fair’*s 100th-anniversary book—visually expresses the fact that I am both anal compulsive AND anal expulsive.”